TROJAN HORSE


Meaning of TROJAN HORSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ n. ]

[coined by MIT-hacker-turned-NSA-spook Dan Edwards] A malicious, security-breaking program that is disguised as something benign, such as a directory lister, archiver, game, or (in one notorious 1990 case on the Mac) a program to find and destroy viruses! See back door , virus , worm , phage , mockingbird .

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.